Hey‐Kyoung Lee

11.7k total citations · 5 hit papers
85 papers, 9.1k citations indexed

About

Hey‐Kyoung Lee is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Hey‐Kyoung Lee has authored 85 papers receiving a total of 9.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 67 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 54 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 21 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Hey‐Kyoung Lee's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (62 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (35 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (20 papers). Hey‐Kyoung Lee is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (62 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (35 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (20 papers). Hey‐Kyoung Lee collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and Japan. Hey‐Kyoung Lee's co-authors include Richard L. Huganir, Alfredo Kirkwood, Mark F. Bear, Kimihiko Kameyama, Lihua Song, Kogo Takamiya, Michaela Barbarosie, Kaiwen He, Chong‐Hyun Kim and Anubha Goel and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Hey‐Kyoung Lee

83 papers receiving 9.0k citations

Hit Papers

Regulation of distinct AMPA receptor phosphorylation site... 1998 2026 2007 2016 2000 2003 1998 2011 2000 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Regulation of distinct AMPA receptor phosphorylation sites during bidirectional synaptic plasticity
    2000 865 citations Hey‐Kyoung Lee, Richard L. Huganir et al. profile →
  2. Phosphorylation of the AMPA Receptor GluR1 Subunit Is Required for Synaptic Plasticity and Retention of Spatial Memory
    2003 638 citations Hey‐Kyoung Lee, Michela Gallagher et al. profile →
  3. NMDA Induces Long-Term Synaptic Depression and Dephosphorylation of the GluR1 Subunit of AMPA Receptors in Hippocampus
    1998 543 citations Hey‐Kyoung Lee, Richard L. Huganir et al. Neuron profile →
  4. Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology
    2011 532 citations Hey‐Kyoung Lee, Alfredo Kirkwood profile →
  5. Control of GluR1 AMPA Receptor Function by cAMP-Dependent Protein Kinase
    2000 531 citations Hey‐Kyoung Lee, Richard L. Huganir et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Hey‐Kyoung Lee United States 42 6.4k 3.8k 3.2k 1.3k 1.1k 85 9.1k
Alfredo Kirkwood United States 46 6.4k 1.0× 3.1k 0.8× 4.3k 1.3× 1.4k 1.0× 1.1k 1.0× 99 9.8k
Toshiya Manabe Japan 51 7.7k 1.2× 5.1k 1.3× 2.4k 0.8× 1.2k 0.9× 1.2k 1.1× 98 10.2k
Rafael Luján Spain 56 9.6k 1.5× 6.4k 1.7× 3.5k 1.1× 1.3k 1.0× 1.3k 1.2× 183 12.8k
Julie A. Kauer United States 42 7.4k 1.2× 4.5k 1.2× 3.2k 1.0× 876 0.6× 789 0.7× 77 9.6k
Thomas J. O’Dell United States 47 6.4k 1.0× 4.8k 1.3× 2.4k 0.8× 1.5k 1.1× 1.4k 1.3× 86 9.8k
Cristina M. Alberini United States 49 5.2k 0.8× 3.2k 0.9× 3.8k 1.2× 1.3k 1.0× 1.7k 1.5× 102 10.4k
Joe Z. Tsien United States 43 5.7k 0.9× 4.1k 1.1× 3.7k 1.1× 1.2k 0.9× 1.3k 1.2× 96 10.9k
Dietmar Schmitz Germany 57 7.1k 1.1× 3.5k 0.9× 4.2k 1.3× 811 0.6× 640 0.6× 219 10.2k
Christian Lüscher Switzerland 59 11.0k 1.7× 6.2k 1.7× 4.5k 1.4× 1.1k 0.8× 952 0.9× 133 14.5k
Christophe Mulle France 53 6.5k 1.0× 5.4k 1.4× 2.2k 0.7× 839 0.6× 974 0.9× 124 9.4k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Song, Yan, et al.. (2024). Spatial Mapping of Activity Changes across Sensory Areas Following Visual Deprivation in Adults. Journal of Neuroscience. 45(4). e0969242024–e0969242024. 1 indexed citations
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Mesik, Lukas, Daniel Severín, Cristian Moreno, et al.. (2024). Transcranial Low-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Stimulation of the Visual Thalamus Produces Long-Term Depression of Thalamocortical Synapses in the Adult Visual Cortex. Journal of Neuroscience. 44(11). e0784232024–e0784232024. 7 indexed citations
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Lee, Hey‐Kyoung, et al.. (2023). Selective plasticity of fast and slow excitatory synapses on somatostatin interneurons in adult visual cortex. Nature Communications. 14(1). 7165–7165. 1 indexed citations
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Araki, Yoichi, Elizabeth E. Gerber, Kacey E. Rajkovich, et al.. (2023). Mouse models of SYNGAP1 -related intellectual disability. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(37). e2308891120–e2308891120. 10 indexed citations
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Valdívia, Gonzalo, Álvaro O. Ardiles, Hey‐Kyoung Lee, et al.. (2023). mGluR-dependent plasticity in rodent models of Alzheimer’s disease. Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience. 15. 1123294–1123294. 4 indexed citations
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Kim, Ye-Hyun, et al.. (2022). Auditory Behavior in Adult-Blinded Mice. Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology. 23(2). 225–239. 5 indexed citations
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Kanold, Patrick O., et al.. (2022). Visual Deprivation Selectively Reduces Thalamic Reticular Nucleus-Mediated Inhibition of the Auditory Thalamus in Adults. Journal of Neuroscience. 42(42). 7921–7930. 6 indexed citations
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Hong, Su Z., Lukas Mesik, Cooper D. Grossman, et al.. (2022). Norepinephrine potentiates and serotonin depresses visual cortical responses by transforming eligibility traces. Nature Communications. 13(1). 3202–3202. 19 indexed citations
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Lee, Hey‐Kyoung, et al.. (2021). Cortical and Subcortical Circuits for Cross-Modal Plasticity Induced by Loss of Vision. Frontiers in Neural Circuits. 15. 665009–665009. 16 indexed citations
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Worley, Paul, et al.. (2019). Homer1a Is Required for Establishment of Contralateral Bias and Maintenance of Ocular Dominance in Mouse Visual Cortex. Journal of Neuroscience. 39(20). 3897–3905. 10 indexed citations
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Liu, Ji, et al.. (2019). Temporary Visual Deprivation Causes Decorrelation of Spatiotemporal Population Responses in Adult Mouse Auditory Cortex. eNeuro. 6(6). ENEURO.0269–19.2019. 12 indexed citations
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Rodrı́guez, Gabriela, et al.. (2019). Disruption of NMDAR Function Prevents Normal Experience-Dependent Homeostatic Synaptic Plasticity in Mouse Primary Visual Cortex. Journal of Neuroscience. 39(39). 7664–7673. 18 indexed citations
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Meng, Xiangying, Joseph P. Y. Kao, Hey‐Kyoung Lee, & Patrick O. Kanold. (2017). Intracortical Circuits in Thalamorecipient Layers of Auditory Cortex Refine after Visual Deprivation. eNeuro. 4(2). ENEURO.0092–17.2017. 24 indexed citations
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Gao, Ming, Shiyong Huang, Angela Lee, et al.. (2017). Experience-dependent homeostasis of ‘noise’ at inhibitory synapses preserves information coding in adult visual cortex. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 372(1715). 20160156–20160156. 20 indexed citations
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Keck, Tara, Taro Toyoizumi, Lu Chen, et al.. (2017). Integrating Hebbian and homeostatic plasticity: the current state of the field and future research directions. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 372(1715). 20160158–20160158. 130 indexed citations
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Lee, Hey‐Kyoung, et al.. (2015). Cross-modal synaptic plasticity in adult primary sensory cortices. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 35. 119–126. 62 indexed citations
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Petrus, Emily & Hey‐Kyoung Lee. (2014). BACE1 Is Necessary for Experience-Dependent Homeostatic Synaptic Plasticity in Visual Cortex. Neural Plasticity. 2014. 1–7. 16 indexed citations
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Petrus, Emily, Amal Isaiah, David Li, et al.. (2014). Crossmodal Induction of Thalamocortical Potentiation Leads to Enhanced Information Processing in the Auditory Cortex. Neuron. 81(3). 664–673. 96 indexed citations
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He, Kaiwen, et al.. (2009). Stabilization of Ca 2+ -permeable AMPA receptors at perisynaptic sites by GluR1-S845 phosphorylation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(47). 20033–20038. 162 indexed citations
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Laird, Fiona M., Huaibin Cai, Alena Savonenko, et al.. (2005). BACE1, a Major Determinant of Selective Vulnerability of the Brain to Amyloid-β Amyloidogenesis, is Essential for Cognitive, Emotional, and Synaptic Functions. Journal of Neuroscience. 25(50). 11693–11709. 431 indexed citations

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